2004 Program
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FRIDAY
| 11:00-5:00 | Registration (Merket Alumni Center) |
| 12:45 | Greetings |
| 1:00-2:00 | Paper Session I |
| 2:00-2:30 | Psychology Bowl Round I |
| 2:30-3:30 | Panel Discussion: Graduate School |
| 3:30-4:30 | Poster Session I, Refreshments |
| 4:30-5:30 | Invited Address: Eyewitness Identification: Scientific Psychology Applied to Criminal Justice |
| 7:00 | Transportation to Cagel’s Steak House (conference dinner) |
SATURDAY
| 8:00-12:00 | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:30 | Poster Session II |
| 9:30-10:30 | Paper Session II |
| 10:30-11:00 | Psychology Bowl Round II |
| 11:00-11:45 | Breakout sessions on psychology |
| 12:00 -1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 | Invited Address: Metacomprehension: Knowing What You Know |
| 2:00-3:00 | Poster Session III |
| 3:00-3:30 | Psychology Bowl Championship Round |
Friday 11:00-5:00
Registration
Friday 1:00-1:20
| Examining Physical Discussion Boards as a Tool for Measuring Civic Concerns on College Campuses. MARISSA BRIDGMAN, JESSICA SHREVE, LISA DUNSHEE, LINDA WHITE, & MATT HEAVISIDE, Collin County Community College (Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer L. O’Loughlin-Brooks). In an effort to address a recent decline in civic engagement among college students, Collin County Community College held a "Civic Engagement Week," where physical discussion boards were a main venue. Evaluation of these boards indicated effectiveness to be largely attributed to their anonymous nature, individual self-interpretation of the topic being discussed, and the stirring up of relevant peer conversation. |
Saturday 10:10-10:30
| Predicting Situation Awareness and Performance in Air-Traffic Control AARON M. PEREZ, Texas Tech University (Faculty Sponsor: Francis T. Durso) The purpose of our study was to determine the predictors of Air-Traffic Control (ATC) using a low-fidelity ATC simulator. More specifically, we used an array of intelligence tests, cognitive-processing tests, and personality tests to predict handoff delay, en-route time, number of minor errors and number of life-threatening errors. Some of the predictors found for ATC in our study were a combination of intelligence and short-term/working memory tests, and various personality traits. |
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| Don’t Know Much about Sexual Anatomy: A survey of Undergraduate Knowledge and Implications for Communication and Health. JESSICA L. SHREVE, RICKEY LUMMUS, BRIAN ZADOROZNY, & LISA DUNSHEE, Collin County Community College (Faculty Sponsors: Valerie T. Smith & Jennifer L. O’Loughlin-Brooks,) To investigate student knowledge of sexual anatomy, undergraduate college students (N=354) were asked to complete a twenty-item assessment/ A preliminary analysis of the sample data, yielded a mean score of 9.20, or a conventional score of 46% on the anatomy knowledge survey. Results indicated a positive relationship between knowledge score and age and self-assessment of knowledge, as well as a significant effect by gender, with females scoring significantly higher than males.
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Friday 2:00-2:30
Round I Psychology Bowl |
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| Priming Self-Construal with Physical Stimuli AARON CARLSON, CHARLENE GRAY, & JAMIE HERNANDEZ, Texas Tech University (Faculty Sponsor: Erin Hardin) We investigated whether a physical stimulus present in the laboratory primed participants to perceive themselves more independently on a self-construal scale. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups: prime present, prime absent, 0 minute delay. Each participant answered questionnaires measuring self-construal . We expect a main effect of prime, with primed participants showing a higher independent self-construal than non-primed participants. Also, an interaction between time delay and prime is expected. |
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| What is Beautiful is Good BROOKE CINK & BAMBI HAYES, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Faculty sponsor: None listed) We hypothesized that physical attractiveness is a determinant of competency for job applicants, that more attractive persons will be selected for positions over less attractive persons, and that more attractive persons will be perceived as having better resumes. The resumes included more-attractive and less-attractive photographs, and rated the applicants using a competency questionnaire. Correlational analyses suggest that certain levels of competency are related to levels of attractiveness. |
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| Adjustment and Attachment Styles with Parents and Friends ERIN LOGUE The University of Texas at Dallas (Faculty sponsor: Duane Buhrmester) We investigated the relationship between different self-reported attachment styles and adjustment. Subjects completed questionnaires assessing attachment styles with mothers, fathers, and friends and measuring loneliness, depression, aggression, and self-esteem. Many adolescents reported different attachment styles with parents and friends. Attachment style with friends was more predictive of loneliness and self-esteem than was attachment style with mothers. |
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| If Anyone was Offended: Excuses and Conditional Public Apologies JONATHAN R. FLUCK, Texas Tech University (Faculty Sponsor: Richard P. McGlynn) A scenario study of public apologies varied the presence or absence of conditions ("I apologize if…") and excuses. Conditional language, but not excuses, reduced perceived apology quality. However, providing an excuse with an unconditional apology increased perceptions of sincerity. |
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| Eyewitness Identification: Scientific Psychology Applied to Criminal Justice GARY L. WELLS, Iowa State University Moderator: Richard McGlynn, Texas Tech University |
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| Judgment of Fear and Anxiety in Sentences DIANA GONZALEZ & JEFFREY SWANSON, Texas Tech University (Faculty Sponsor: Dennis Cogan) 133 participants were given a definition of fear or anxiety. Different participants were asked to rate the levels of fear or anxiety in three types of sentences: fear, anxiety, and neutral. Generally, fear sentences evolved higher ratings for both fear and anxiety instructions confirming the overlap in the two constructs. |
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| Attitudes Differentially Affect Touching and Withdrawing Responses KRISTIN JOHNSON & STEPHEN HOLLINGSWORTH, Texas Tech University (Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Larsen) We recorded how quickly participants (N=26) touched and withdrew from negative and positive pictures. Results revealed that participants were quicker to pull away from negative vs. positive stimuli, while there was no difference between touching negative vs. positive stimuli. |
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| Acculturation, Familism and Beliefs about Memory in Aging RICARDO A. RAMIREZ, CHAVONNE A. LONG, LAURA C. GARZA, & M. KATHERINE BLECKLEY, Texas Tech University (Faculty Sponsor: M. Kathryn Bleckley) We investigated cross-cultural differences in acculturation, familism, and beliefs about memory in aging. We assessed participants’ assimilation to the Anglo culture versus the Mexican culture through the ARSMA-II, their familism through the FAS, their thoughts and memory in adults through the GBMI, and their thoughts about their own memory through the PBMI. European Americans showed to be very assimilated or Anglicized. Hispanics showed to be bicultural, and also to have more positive beliefs about memory in aging. |
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| The Relationship between Cultural Factors and Different Parenting Practices TAMARA D. DEMPSEY, EVA D. SLOAN, MELISSA E. TREVATHAN, STACEY A. POLLARD, & BERNARDO C. MEJIA, Texas Tech University (Faculty Sponsor: Joaquin Borrego, Jr.) The purpose of this study was to examine differences in parenting practices between Caucasian, Hispanic, and African-American college students of different socio-economic status. The parenting practices measured non-coercive discipline (e.g., time-outs, restriction of privileges) and corporal punishment (e.g., spanking, slapping). All participants completed a Parenting Discipline Practices questionnaire (Ibanez, Borrego, & Terao, 2002) and a demographic questionnaire. |
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| The Effects of Voice Familiarity on Four-Month-Old Infants Abilities to Categorize Infant-Directed Speech Utterances JULIE SOKOLSY, The University of Texas at Dallas (Faculty Sponsor: Melanie Spencer) This study examined the role voice familiarity plays in 4-month old infants’ categorization of approving and comforting infant-directed-speech (IDS). Infants were familiarized to a voice in a habituation procedure, followed by a categorization test. Infants categorized approving and comforting IDS produced by a single talker when first familiarized with that voice. |
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Saturday 9:30-9:50
| Evaluating Law Enforcement Academy Graduates’ Ability to Discriminate Mental Illnesses from Drug-Induced States via Written Scenarios KIMBERLY NGA TANUVASA, MICHAEL CODER, JEFF FORTNEY, & TINA COLGOUN, Collin County Community College (Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer O’Loughlin-Brooks) A pilot study was conducted with 22 law enforcement academy graduates in order to assess their ability to discriminate mental illnesses from drug-induced states via written scenarios. A six scenario instrument was created with questions reflecting symptomology of the most frequently reported mental conditions encountered by police; schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and clinical depression. Three additional scenarios, indicating drug induced states similar to the aforementioned mental illnesses, were randomly interspersed. Results indicated an average score of 70% correct on the instrument. |
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Saturday 9:50-10:10
| Attitudes Towards Inmates: Graduate Student Perspective KATY L. FITZGERALD & JON T. MANDRACCHIA, Texas Tech University (Sponsor: Travis J. Garland) The goal of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the interest one has in correctional/forensic psychology and one’s attitudes (i.e. positive or negative) towards inmates. Surveys assessing interests in correctional/forensic psychology and attitudes towards inmates were mailed to a random sample of clinical and counseling doctoral students. Supporting our hypothesis, it was found that the more interested one is in pursuing training or career opportunities in correctional/forensic psychology, the more positive his/her attitudes are towards inmates. |
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Friday 10:30-11:00 Round II Psychology Bowl Judge: Joaquin Borrego, TTU |
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Friday 11:00-11:45 Breakout sessions: Training Psychologists for the 21st Century |
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Lunch Winner of best paper award: JESSICA L. SHREVE, RICKEY LUMMUS, BRIAN ZADOROZNY, & LISA DUNSHEE, Collin County Community College |
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Saturday 1:00-2:30 Invited Address Metacomprehension: Knowing What You Know RUTH MAKI, Texas Tech University Moderator: Wendy Francis, UTEP |
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| Attitudes about Language Mixing: People, Behavior, and Self MARY LOU JONES, University of Texas at El Paso (Faculty Sponsor: Wendy S. Francis) Attitudes about people who mix languages and language-mixing behavior vary among bilinguals and even among people who themselves mix languages. Undergraduate students completed a questionnaire with open-ended questions and checklists of positive and negative-valence adjectives. Adjectives used to describe self when mixing languages or other people who mix languages were compared to test for actor-observer bias. Attitudes were also compared between students who themselves mixed languages and those who did not. |
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| Self-Reported Reasons for Language Mixing in a Bilingual Community ANNETTE RUIZ, University of Texas at El Paso (Faculty Sponsor: Wendy S. Francis) Undergraduate students were asked open-ended questions about whether they mix languages, hwy or why not, and why they think people in general mix languages. Explanations were categorized in terms of content and coded for positive or negative valence. One analysis compared reasons given by students who mix languages themselves and those who do not. A second analysis tested whether students who mix languages give different reasons for their own and others’ language mixing behavior. |
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| Linguistic Style in Deception Detection MICHAEL HELLER, JULIE SANTIAGO, AMANDA BROWN, & STACEY YOHO, Cameron University (Faculty Sponsor: Mary Dzindolet) Detecting deception is an important skill, yet reviews of the psychological literature on the detection of deception find accuracy rates between 45 and 60% (cf., DePaulo & Friedman, 1990). Forty-nine stud/ents delivered a deceitful and truthful communication regarding their preference for music. Results from the 2 (importance of music in participants’ life) x 3 (medium: type, write, or talk) x 2 (communication: lie or truth) design revealed linguistic style that was useful in detecting deception. |
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| Working Memory Span as a Factor in Attentional Task Performance KIMBERLY J. SCOTT, TYLER D. STEFFENS, & ALLISON R. HOLLINGSWORTH, Texas Tech University (Faculty Sponsor: M. Kathryn Bleckley) Several studies have shown differences between individuals high and low in working memory span. After determining memory span with two screening tasks, subjects performed a test of stimulus presentation and letter matching (modeled after Reuter-Lorenz et al, 1999(. Group differences were expected in overall task performance, as well as type of correct and incorrect responses. Performance between groups differed only in terms of false alarm and correct rejection rates, but showed no other significant results. |
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| Is Overestimation of Associative Strength due to Retrieval Inhibition NICOLE J. HOLSTROM, Texas Tech University (Faculty Sponsor: William S. Maki) People tend to overestimate the associative strength between two words. Participants were presented with cue words accompanied by four associate words. Participants were asked to judge the strength of the cue word and one of the associated words. Preliminary results suggest that participants continue to overestimate the strength of a pair of words despite the presence of other associated words thus disconfirming the retrieval inhibition hypothesis. |
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| The Effect of Group Composition of Women’s Problem Solving Abilities DEVIN BLACK, DEE DEE FOSDICK, & JAMIE LOVECCHIO, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Faculty Sponsor: Melinda Burgess) We investigated the effects of group composition in women’s abilities to solve verbal problems. College aged women were asked to unscramble words from one of three lists, pro-active (i.e. success), feminine, or neutral, while in a group with two male students or two other female students. Results showed a significant interaction between word type and group composition: Women were significantly better at unscrambling the proactive words when two males were present and significantly better at unscrambling feminine words when women were present. |
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| Does the Color of Paper Affect Test Performance? NICOLAS BATTERTON, KATHLEEN CMIEL, & JESSICA VASQUEZ, Texas Tech University (Faculty sponsor: William S. Maki). We investigated whether the color of paper affects test performance on objective tests. Thirty participants from Texas Tech University completed a reading comprehension exam on various colored paper (white, red, pink, yellow, or blue). Participants also rated the distractibility of the colored paper. Participants in the yellow paper group scored the highest and participants in the blue paper group scored the lowest. The participants rated the colored paper to be more distracting than white paper. |
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| Psychology Bowl Final Round Judge: Joaquin Borrego, TTU Winners: UT Dallas |
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Funding for the conference was provided by the Texas Tech University’s Graduate School, Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Research, and Psychology Department.
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